Jules marie joseph jaoquot



No. 6|6,|08. I Patented Dec. 20, ms.

' J. m. J. JACIIUOT.

ACETYLENE GAS GENERATOR.

(Application filed Oct. 15, 1897.\

UNITED. STATES Y PATENT OFFICE.

JULES MARIE JOSEPH JACQL'UT, ()F MEIIONCOUR'I, FRANCE.

AC ETYLENE-GAS G EN ERATO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part 'of Letters Patent no. 616,196, dated-December 20, 1898.

Application fina can" 15.1897. Serial 1%. 655,831. No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Jonas MARIE J osnrn JACQL'U'I, acitiz'cn of the Republic of France, and a resident; of Mhoncourt, in the Department of llleurthe-et-Mosclle, France, have inven ted certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Manufacturing'Acctylene ias; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this specification.

M y invention relates to apparatus for manufacturing acetylene gas; and it consists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing the figure represents a longitudinal sectional view of an apparatus for manufacturing acetylene gas according to my invention.

In the said drawing the referencemumeral 1 designates a tank or receptacle for contain-- ing watersu pported by suitable legs 2. At its lower end it is provided with a draw-0E spout 3, provided with a valve 4. The numeral 5 designates a vertical pipe for supplying the tank with water, so as to keep up the proper level. The numeral (3 designates a pipe connectcd-by a pipe 7 with a gasoineter 8, which receives the gas. Located at one side of said tank, at the upper end thereof, is a casing 9, in which is located an inclined rotatable cylinder 10, open at both ends and provided in its interior with a helicoid thread 15.. The upper end of this cylinder communicates with the upper end of the tank, while projecting into the lower end= of the same is the spout 13 of the hopper 12,4, containing calcium carbid. This cylinder is provided with a bevelgear 15, which meshes with a corresponding pinion 16 on a shaft 17, which shaft is provided with a pinion 18, which meshes or engages with a rack-bar 10, connected with the movablesection 20 of the gasometer.

The pipe 7, which conveys the gas from the tank to the gasometer, extends vertically up into the same and has its end turned down,

as seen at 21.. The numeral 23 designates composable liquid to the water, where decomposition takes place, the acetylenegas escaping up through the coil-oil and from thence to the gasometer. After once being started the carbid will be fed automatically, the cylinder'being rotated to feed the, same as the quantity in the gasometer is diminished by the downward movement of the movable sectiou.

Having thus fully described my invention, what- I claim is 1. In an apparatus for manufacturing acetylene gas, the combination with the water-tank,

the pipe at the upper end thereof, the -i'nclined casing communicating with said pipe, the inclined open-ended rotatable cylinder located in said casing and sulnnerged in a non-decomposable liquid and provided with ahelicoid thread consisting of a spiral rih secured to the interior thereof, and the hopper provided with a spout extending through V the easing into the lower end of said cylinder, of the gasometer connected with said water-tank and means connected with the movable section of the gasometer for rotating, said cylinder, substantially as described.

2. In an apparatus for mauufacturin g acetylene gas, the combi nation with the water-tan k, the pipe at the upper end thereof, the inclined casing communicating with said pipe,

the inclined open-ended rotatable cylinder located in said casing and submerged in a non-decomposable liquid and provided with a helicoid thread secured to the interior there- I of, and the hopper provided with a spout extending through the .casiug into the lower end of said cylinder, of the gasometer comprising the stationary and movable sections,

the pipe eonneeted with the pipe of the v'm- In testimony that I claim the foregoing'as tar-tank and with said stationary section, tho my own I have hereunto aflixed my signatu rack-bar connected with said movable seein presence of two witnesses.

tipn, the horizontal shaft provided with a. pin JULEB MARIE JOSEPH JACQUOT. 5 ioh and bevel-gear and the bevel-gear se- Witnesses: cured to the lower end of said cylinder, sub- HIPPOLYTE LAURENT,

stantiallyas described; J LEs Loms DELALLE. 

